[The Observer]

Facts: Coach Tussey was called into a meeting with her principal on the Thurs. before try-outs. She was told that she should have done more with her team this summer. Her team had open gym for 1 week, played in a team camp for 1 week ( with no assistant coaches helping...no one was hired at this time ) Her girls also went to various individual camps. They also told her she should have been doing open gym. She had been doing pre-season condtioning in one of here classes which she has all of her girls basketball players in. A class to help the team. Of the 15 girls she had out she had been doing weights/conditioning since the 1st day of school not to mention that 7 of these girls were playing other sports at this time and could not stay after school to do anything anyway. This was a problem they had last year.

She was told she should have won the region and state last year. He had told her he was trying to motivate her but had her crying.
On Monday that the girls were to try out...Mr. McCoy called her in again and had a letter typed up for her to sign and requested her to resign. She walked out and wouldn't sign it. Word was that she went to the board to see what they recommended and they told her it would be to her best interest to resign due to she didn't have the school support. She went for advice from her former coach who works at the board and she did what he recommended. I was also told that she gave the principal a letter to reinstate her back as the coach that she wanted to coach the girls and had only turned in a resignation due to pressure that was put on her. She never wanted to leave.

And just for the record...Mr. Crank was asked to help for the past 2 years but didn't because he was working on his college classes and basketball took up to much time. Crank was the freshmen coach for 1 year. How many practices did he have??? maybe one. How many days did he come into practice late because of his bus run....daily. Get the facts before you speak.